March 1 2001 I flew to Miami to look at a speed yellow 993 Twin Turbo with the M033 lowered euro suspension. The car had 18K on it and was immaculate! 
I got to know the owner well and had fun while waiting 2 days for the wire transfer. He had just put new Bridgestone S02 tires on it the day before. I loved the car and since i only had a one way ticket to Miami I was forced to drive the car back to Wisconsin....decided it was time to visit friends in memphis on way home and bypass a possible storm. 

100 miles out of Miami heading towards Ft. Meyer a Fool & his girlfriend decided to pull along side me in a new Z05 and taunt me! My brother-in-law riding with me said "well we have a 100 miles on it its time to open it up" as he smirked. I was in 6th @ about 85 when I stepped it down. I was watching the road and the mirror....in about a 3rd mile I had put 13 car lengths between us!!! I backed out of it and my brother-in-law asked me if I knew how fast we were going. I said I thought about 130 or so....his reply was "I stopped watching the speedo @ 170"!!!! A short time later back at a reasonable speed the Corvette passed us with a very straight faced driver and girlfriend. The comment that brought us to laughter after seeing their straight faces was "He's not going to get laid tonight" Once back in Wisconsin I drove the car for about 2 weeks before hitting the water and having the accident. What had happened driving home was I wore the tires that I knew nothing about out. Who checks tires that are 3 weeks old with only 3000 miles on them......I do now!

After a two week stay in the hospital with a fractured Femur filled with a 13" rod and a fractured pelvis & tailbone. A broken arm with two 8" plates &14 screws some head lacerations from breaking the telephone pole with my head through the side window I went home. A week later as the insurance adjuster was sitting in my kitchen wondering how to fill out the check I got a call from a guy in Miami wondering if I still was looking for a Speed Yellow 993.....I thought some one was pulling a fast one so I said yes and asked to have the info faxed. As I was saying good bye to the adjuster I heard the fax machine so I went to look....you can imagine the supprise when I found out that God had meant me to have one of these cars and provided another one for me to purchase! It was only a mile from the private party I bought the first one from. He looked at it and said Buy it! It had only 6900 miles on it too! I had it shipped to save on tires!

Doug

Almost a year later I am walking with only minimal discomfort and no limp!
 
 

Robin,

A couple of months ago I was at Turbo Werks here in Ft Lauderdale, Fl . I saw this yellow 993 turbo wrecked beyond belief. Then I saw "Doug's" 993 turbo on your web page and it's the exact one. Here is a better image of Doug's car or what's left of it. ?  Thank God Doug is ok !

It's a shame that a $125,000 car is worth $100,000 less after hitting a pole. I inquired about the turbo, they are asking $25,000 for it.